Ziqi (Tree) Xu (b. 2000, China) is a multidisciplinary artist currently living and working between China and the United Kingdom. His recent work explores the complexities of being human, the nature of violence, and the boundaries between narrative spaces. Through photography, installation, performance, and philosophical inquiry, he critiques the apparatuses that shape the contemporary quotidian. In both his research and artistic practice, Tree engages art as a method to expand what he calls the 'Inhuman Horizon'—a speculative realm from which one can perceive and unravel the ideological contaminations embedded in modern technologies. 

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He hold a BFA in Photography at Communication University of Zhejiang

He is currently studying at MA Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

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Exhibition and Achievement

 

2025

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INTERGRADE: UNFINISHED MIGRATION

Indra Gallery, London, UK

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CLUSTER PHOTOGRAPHY

UNLOCKED Shoreditch, London, UK

 

COMMUNAL CONSCIENCE: HOW WE SURRENDER TO OUR SURROUNDINGS

Sloe Vintage, Brixton, London, UK

 

THE LOST, THE FOUND, THE CLAIMED

the Goodrice Gallery, London, UK

 

2024

 

TRIBUTE

selected by uncoveredcollective, Safehouse, London, UK

 

RANDOM INSPECTION

selected by Calling Lab, TANG MUSEUM, Dongguan, China

 

THE FUTURE STARS

selected by the Holyart, London, UK

 

FREE RANGE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2024

selected by PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT of Communication University of Zhejiang, London, UK

 

NEW BEGINNINGS-INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

selected by Badger in the Wall gallery, Yorkshire, UK

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SEE IT, SAY IT, UNSORTED

Central Saint Martins interim show, London, UK

 

2022

 

SHENYANG INTERNATIONAL LOCALIZED IMAGE FESTIVAL

selected by Liaoning photographers Association, Shenyang, China

 

CHINA JINAN INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNALE

Selected by Organizing Committee Of China Jinan International Photography Biennale, Jinan, China

 

ZHEJIANG YOUTH PHOTOGRAPH FESTIVAL

Selected by Zhejiang Photographers Association, Lishui, China

 

PUYUAN LOCAL ART SHOW

Puyuan Fashion Center, Puyuan, China

 

10th ZHEJIANG COLLEGE STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

2nd in professional group of documentary photography (Province-level)

honered by Zhejiang Photographers Association, Hangzhou, China

 

2021

 

LARGE FORMAT CAMERA IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Selected by Zhejiang Photographers Association, Hangzhou, China

 

ZHEJIANG COLLEGE STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

9th 1st in professional group of documentary photography (Uni-level)

8th 2nd in professional group of documentary photography (Uni-level)

Awarded by Communication University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China

 

 

Residency

 

2022 Puyuan, Zhejiang, China

Documentary Photography Practice for Exhibition in Pu Yuan

 

2021 Lanxi, Zhejiang, China

University short term project for Documentary Photography pathway

 

2020 Tiantai, Zhejiang, China

Community Project for supporting local farmers, honered as 10 best team in University level